The subject association, department of political science, will be screening a documentary titled “Izzatnagri Ki Asabhya Betiyan” (The Immoral Daughters in the Land of Honour) by documentary film-maker Nakul Sawhney. Film screening will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the seminar room, department of political science. All are cordially invited. The documentary is 93 minutes ...

According to an article titled “Jamia to confer doctorate on Aung San Suu Kyi” in the IndiaEducationReview.com dated Jan. 30, 2012 — Jamia plans to confer an honorary doctorate to Myanmar’s noted political leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her over two-decade fight for democracy in the country. The Vice Chancellor, Najeeb Jung, is quoted to have said: “We at Jamia ...

Hamidur Rahman, a B.A. final year student in the department of political science, has decided to withdraw his legal petition against Jamia from the Delhi High Court.   In an interview with Jamia Journal, Rahman said that he had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012, demanding a directive from the court for the ...

A written statement to the press by the Forum for Student Democracy (FSD) — of which Afroz Alam Sahil is the convener — states that in a meeting with the Vice Chancellor, held on January 27, Sahil has offered an “unconditional apology” to Jamia for his statement made on TV, accusing Jamia of embezzling funds meant for the victims of ...

In a press release from Afroz Alam Sahil, who is an RTI activist, a journalist, the convener for the Forum for Students Democracy (FSD) and an MPhil student who had quit Jamia late last year in protest over the invitation of  Lt. Governor of Delhi,Tejender Khanna, as the chief guest for a convocation ceremony at Jamia — claims that a ...

The former prime minster of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, spoke with students at the department of political science on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. About the Speaker According to Wikipedia, during the presidential tenure of Burhanuddin Rabbani, Mr. Ahmadzai served as the acting prime minister of Afghanistan between 1995-96. He even unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate in the 2004 Afghan ...

According to a report in the Indian Express titled “Prepare teachers to check cheating during exams, HC tells Jamia” dated Jan. 13, 2012 — a part-time MBA student took Jamia  to court for canceling all his exam papers after he was allegedly caught using a cheat sheet during one of his exams. In his defense, the student claimed that the piece ...

The Outreach Programme and the Academy of International Studies, JMI, in collaboration with Asia Society India Centre and Open Magazine, organized a talk by Aruna Roy,  a political and social activist,  on the topic of “Democracy, Dissent and Movements for Change,” on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 at the Dayar-I Mir Taqi Mir building. About the Speaker Ms. Roy is credited ...

In what was said to be the first in 20-years, Jamia’s hockey team made history on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2011 by beating the Guru Nanak Dev University hockey team from Amritsar, 2-nil, in the final match for the All India Inter Varsity Hockey Tournament Championship 2011-12, held at Jamia. The two goals for Jamia were scored by Manish Rana and ...

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